Analysis of Self

Kifaayat Muhammad 1983 (Philadelphia)



Self
I'm not your average petite weight, Yet sometimes not comfortable in my own skin, because society,  makes me believe that I am not beautiful, Society have not been through what I been through , eight hours of labor , eleven hours of labor, 16 hours of labor, overeating, under eating ,The experiences of being a Sister a Mother, a wife, a friend, a human being, I'm not your average petite weight, But my heart is big, my mind is open, and my vision is clear, I will not just accept anything because I know myself worth. I will be careful with the decisions I make, because I have eyes that are watching me, and believe in me, and depend on me, I am the example I am the first teacher before the world teaches, what you plant in the beginning is embedded into the future of someone's life. I am not your average petite weight, But I have learned to be comfortable and appreciate who I am, and what I been through, because I am me and there's only one me, what other way is there to be other than yourself.


Scheme AA
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 1 11110001110111000011101010011011111100010011111111110110010101101011010101010001000110010010010101010111100011111111111001101111110110011111111101001011011111110100101001111100101101100101101110001010100101011111111000111111111000001011101111011110110111101111110101
Characters 1,010
Words 190
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 2
Lines Amount 2
Letters per line (avg) 392
Words per line (avg) 97
Letters per stanza (avg) 784
Words per stanza (avg) 193

About this poem

Different stages in my life inspires me to pick up a pen and write. To be honest I don't remember the exact date I wrote this but I know I needed my heart to sing and let others feel what I feel or felt in that moment.

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Written on October 18, 2015

Submitted by kifaayatm on February 14, 2024

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Kifaayat Muhammad

My name is Kifaayat Muhammad, I have been writing poetry for years, I have recently started sharing my poetry, poetry to me is like entering another world, where any and everything is possible, unstoppable would be a good phrase, it allows me to speak in other ways other than words, but with imagination and creativity. I want you to step into my world as I open my world and thoughts to you, Thankyou more…

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